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The musician looked visibly slimmer in the snapshot, which comes eight years after he burst onto the scene with his hit She Said.

After his initial success, Plan B took time away from the spotlight to look after his daughter, five.

Before: The musician looked visibly slimmer in the snapshot, which comes eight years after he burst onto the scene with his hit She Said (pictured 2010)

The BRIT award winner previously talked about his health woes to The Guardian, where he confessed his manic workload led him to drinking a 'bottle of JD a night'.

Plan B admitted: 'You see pictures of me at the Ivor Novello awards, I mean, f**king hell, I looked ill.

'I was so overweight, and to deal with the workload, I was getting through a bottle of JD a night.

'Then you fancy a bag of crisps, or a bit of ice cream – and it wasn't a problem before, but it is now, because of all the calories you're putting in yourself with the drink.'

New look: Plan B - whose real name is Ben Drew also shared the first shots of his upcoming music video for his upcoming album Before All Hell Breaks Loose

Slimmed down: The BRIT award winner previously talked about his health woes to The Guardian , where he confessed his manic workload led him to drinking a 'bottle of JD a night'

Plan B previously said in 2010 that he had been encouraged to lose weight by Ray Winstone when they worked together on The Sweeny.

He told The Sun: 'We were talking about my character and how someone as young as me has got the part.

'We were saying how I've got to be a man in his early thirties, super-smart, excels in exams, brilliant at sports and Ray looked me up and down and goes, 'Are you sure you're going to get yourself in good enough shape?'

'I thought right then and there, "I'm going to do it". That's the extra incentive I needed. I thought, 'I'll f***ing show you, pal'.'

Plan B also confessed that he had slimmed down by eating plenty of vegetables, lean meat and his favourite food, prawns.

Inspired: Plan B previously said in 2010 that he had been encouraged to lose weight by Ray Winstone when they worked together on The Sweeny